Slobberknocker Central Monday Night Recap #204
October 11th, 1999
The Opening Word:
Again, apologies for having the Recap out so late last week. Of course I'm
late with it again this week, so do I suck or what?
Two stories worth mentioning this week. The first is the condition of
Darren Drozdov. Reports are filtering in that he is slowly improving, with
the WWF apparently going so far as to tell the crowd at the SmackDown!
taping that Droz has regained some feeling back in his legs. No one knows
yet if he'll ever wrestle again, but I suppose that's the last thing we
should be worrying about. Droz seems to be in good spirits, and his family
has thanked the fans via the WWF's website for all their support.
The big story in wrestling this week is the one about Hulk Hogan giving 90
day's notice to WCW. I first heard of it over the weekend, and from there
tracked down a few sites carrying the story. The Live Audio Wrestling (LAW)
site seems to be the ones who broke it. Over the next few days the big
wrestling sites all touched upon it, but could neither confirm or deny it,
until after Nitro aired on Monday. With Hogan himself alluding to the rumor
on the air, lots of people came out of the woodwork to confirm, contribute,
and generally feed the story to massive proportions.
With all that said, the general consensus seems to be that this is all a
work on Hogan and WCW's part. It does appear as if Hogan did indeed give
his official notice, but that's pretty much irrelevant. All that means is
Hogan can, 90 days from whenever he gave the notice (as long as two or
three weeks ago, some say), pack up his bags and leave WCW. Or he can stay.
He just had to give his notice at that time so that he could walk out the
door. He can just as easily close that door himself without ever going
through it.
The point of all this seems to be to draw the Internet fans into paying
more attention to Hogan. They figure if they can get us interested, then
whatever the next big Hogan angle is down the road, we'll be more receptive
to that.
Who are they trying to kid?!
Most likely this is all leading to Hogan "quitting", then coming back at
part of the new NWO with Kevin Nash and Scott Hall. I only mention that
scenario because it's the only one that's the slightest bit interesting
(and just barely at that).
Let's be honest here, friends. There IS NO storyline right now of any kind
involving Hogan that's the least bit interesting. Hulkamania died in 1991,
yet he kept dragging around the corpse for another five years. Going heel
and forming the New World Order revived his career ... for about six weeks,
and the wheels came off the NWO wagon sometime in late 1997. His string of
"retirements", Presidential bids, and even a babyface turn have all been
embarrassments, and has seen him reach a point where anything involving
him draws lower ratings than ANYTHING the WWF does over on the other
channel.
Hulkamania is dead. It's busted, out of gas, has a flat tire, is taking on
water, has smoke coming out of its engine ...
Hogan's best bet would be to truly leave WCW, and try to get into the WWF,
where leaching off the careers of Steve Austin, the Rock, and others could
help keep his career going ... for another six weeks or so.
One can't deny that Hogan is a smart man, though. His intellect is the one
thing that's kept him in the business this long. Without it, he might well
have been a part of that "Heroes of Wrestling" fiasco on PPV this past
weekend. God knows that talent-wise, that's where he belongs.
Jeez, I didn't start off meaning to sound that bitter. Where'd THAT come
from? Guess maybe I just saw the light, or something?
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WCW Monday Nitro:
Live/Taped: Live.
Length: Three Hours+.
Location: Biloxi, Mississippi.
HOUR ONE Hosted By: Tony Schiavone and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan.
- Three bell salute for Robert "'Gorilla' Monsoon" Marella.
- Bret Hart and Chris Benoit pull up in a car. They get hassled by Lex
Luger and Elizabeth. Liz gets me all hot by acting real bitchy, saying
someone from immigration should check out these two guys.
- WCW logo, opening, "Last Week" video, etc.
- Bobby Heenan takes a moment to say goodbye to his old friend, "Gorilla"
Monsoon.
- We're backstage, where Dean Malenko wants some answers from Perry
Saturn. Saturn says it's all a big misunderstanding, and that he was
just defending himself from Rey Mysterio last week. Saturn says to think
of the Revolution.
- SATURN vs. REY MYSTERIO, JR.
Saturn wins by DQ when Kidman runs in. Shane Douglas tried to interfere
on Saturn's behalf moments earlier, but Malenko came out and stopped
him. Kidman challenges Douglas to a tag team match. I'd be lying if I
said I was interested in any of this. Sorry.
- Meng video package. Didn't they show this the last time they pushed
Meng? Looks like it. Then, to make things weird, they cut to Ric Flair
and Arn Anderson being all impressed by Meng.
- DISCO INFERNO vs. KAZ HAYASHI
I'm torn over Disco. On the one hand they do seem to be putting some
emphasis into his character. On the other hand, they've already done
that four or five times in the last couple of years. The problem, then,
is they seem to forget about him, and stop doing it after a few weeks.
Disco, like Meng, is one of those guys WCW keeps recycling. Push him for
a while, job him all to hell, then try to push him again. (Say, where is
Ernest Miller anyway?) Disco (henceforth to be known as "D.I.", at his
request) wins this one with the Chartbuster. He tells the cameraman that
the Cruiserweight Division is easy.
Some guy somewhere won something.
- MENG vs. KONNAN
Semi-squash. Meng with the Tongan Death Grip.
Berlyn's (unnamed) bodyguard attacks Brad Armstrong. Armstrong tries to
fight back, but is stopped by WCW officials.
- Scott Hall and Kevin Nash are back in the house. Not looking quite as
drunk as last week, they still end up saying the same stuff to Bobby
Heenan. I guess we can count on seeing some variation of this every week
until Russo figures out an angle for them.
- GOLDBERG vs. HORACE HOGAN
Sid confronts Goldberg on the way to the ring and a battle of wits
ensues. Neither man wins. Goldberg continues on and does his usual
against the hapless Horace.
HOUR TWO Hosted By: Tony Schiavone and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan.
- "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Hulk Hogan. "Mean" Gene brings up the
Internet rumors about Hogan, but the Hulkster more-or-less ignores it
and launches into The Same Damned Interview As Always. Hogan also
directs a comment to "the guys in the back", which means nothing
concrete, but sure adds fuel to the rumor fire.
- Nitro Girl Search.
Backstage, Kidman has just gotten hot sex from Torrie Wilson (if I'm
reading things right). David Flair happens along (he must live in one of
those WCW equipment trucks, roving from arena to arena). He wants to
know what's up, but Torrie gives him the cold shoulder. Torrie's hot and
all that, but it's hard to be all that interested when she only works
for this company about ninety seconds total a month.
- BRIAN KNOBBS (w/ Jimmy Hart & Hugh Morrus) vs. STEVIE RAY (w/ Booker T.)
Some interference by Hart with a garbage can gives Knobbs the win. If
Kevin Sullivan or Dusty Rhodes are doing the booking for Nitro, I bet
this is their handiwork.
- Members of the Revolution hit the ring. Douglas wants to know where
Malenko's head is it, and what's the deal with Benoit hanging around
with Hart? Benoit asks Douglas who he thinks he is to be questioning
what he does. Off comes the Revolution shirt, and Benoit walks out of
the group. Saturn blubbers that Douglas ruined the group by opening his
big mouth. Malenko says he'll stand by Saturn tonight, and plans on
taking the Revolution back to what it was when it started.
- LA PARKA vs. BRAD ARMSTRONG
Berlyn beats up Armstrong, while the bodyguard takes out La Parka. The
ref misses all this, and an unconscious Armstrong gets the pin because
his arm is across La Parka's chest.
Now Torrie's talking it up backstage with Curt Hennig as "Curly" Bill
(Vincent) looks on. David Flair wanders by, says the wrong thing, and
gets punked out by Hennig.
- BERLYN (w/ Bodyguard) vs. NORMAN SMILEY
Oh, for Pete's sake, who is supposed to be interested in this crap? I
believe this mark's Berlyn's first clean win, as Smiley has the
advantage, but pauses to Smack His Bitch Up. Berlyn with the reverse
neckbreaker.
- "Mean" Gene. Ric Flair. Challenge to Curt Hennig. Flair says he'd like
to take a shot at Kimberly, too. Huh? Focus, Nature Boy, focus.
HOUR THREE Hosted By: Tony Schiavone and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan.
- SATURN/DEAN MALENKO (w/ Shane Douglas) vs. KIDMAN/REY MYSTERIO, JR.
The cynic in me says WCW is just reusing these guys tonight to boost up
their "workrate total" (in the same way the WWF uses the Rock a lot to,
well ... get high ratings). It's the 1980's all over again, as Douglas
tosses Saturn a chain to use on Kidman, getting the pin. Douglas has
Revolution t-shirts for all, but Malenko sees the replay on the big
screen, tears up his shirt, and stalks off. The Revolution is dead.
- Goldberg video package.
- SID vs. HAMMER
Rick Steiner comes out, the referee goes down, and Hammer takes a double
powerbomb. The ref comes to and counts the pin.
- Mike Tenay joins the team to talk up last week's Benoit/Hart match.
Then, in a shameful ratings ploy (well, what would you call it?), they
replay lengthy clips from the match. Why does WCW think CLIPS of the
match would do any better than the actual match did last week? I thought
I was watching Nitro here, not Thunder.
Coming soon: Dustin Rhodes as the illegitimate son of the Undertaker and
the Black Scorpion.
- RIC FLAIR vs. CURT HENNIG (w/ "Curly" Bill)
We've seen this match a dozen times, though they do try to spice it up
by doing a bit down on the floor at the announcer's table. David Flair
is out to counter interference by "Curly" Bill, and Flair rolls up
Hennig for the pin.
- LEX LUGER/RICK STEINER (w/ Liz) vs. BRET "HITMAN" HART/CHRIS BENOIT
The show's close to running over now, and everyone is clearly rushing to
finish up before it goes too long. Steiner takes some punishment and is
nearly pinned, until Sid comes in, causing a weak DQ.
Goldberg comes out. Sid warns him that he has that restraining order
against him, and if Goldberg touches him, he loses his U.S. Title shot
at Halloween Havoc. Goldberg spears him anyway. The crowd and announcers
go nuts as they fade out.
- This Thursday: Nothing announced.
- Next week: Nothing announced.
Comments:
This show really turned me off. If I had to pick one major complaint, it's
that huge stretches of the show took place in the ring, in matches I
couldn't give a damn about. Why have the first match of the night go nearly
ten minutes, knowing full well that you'd be 1) doing a DQ finish, and 2)
bringing the competitors back for a tag team match later in the night? A
few other matches ran over ten minutes. Even the squashes seemed to run too
long. One could argue the crap matches were kept short, but do too many
crap matches and they add up. Meng vs. Konnan? Knobbs vs. Stevie Ray? La
Parka vs. Armstrong? Smiley vs. Berlyn? BLEAGH!
Okay, so maybe I've been conditioned to the WWF's 90 second matches. Still,
if the WWF tried to put on a three hour card, in which half the matches
were like Al Snow vs. Midian for eight minutes each, fans would be
organizing bus trips to storm Titan Towers with torches and pitchforks.
I bet I watched all of ten minutes of the show live this week, with most of
that coming during the first hour. It's as if WCW has decided "okay, the
other guys do 'sports entertainment,' so we'll do 'wrestling.'" That's all
well and good, to differentiate yourself from the competition, but for
God's sake, figure out a way to do it so that it isn't so mind-numbingly
boring!
I'll pick up on this thread a bit later.
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WWF RAW is WAR:
Live/Taped: Live.
Length: Two Hours+.
Location: Atlanta, Georgia.
WWF RAW Hosted By: Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler.
- "Gorilla" Monsoon tribute video.
- Vince McMahon is out to soak up the cheers of the monstrous Georgia Dome
crowd, and to introduce "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. Austin is quickly on
hand to talk some smack about Triple H, using words that would normally
be censored.
Triple H is out to grace us with his presence, spitting water and
ignoring the "asshole!" chant from the fans. More words are exchanged,
but the censor has finally arrived, and good chunks of it are being
indiscriminately muted out. Triple H hits the ringside area, not to
confront Austin, but to harass Jim Ross. A smack sends Ross' hat
flying. J.R. snaps. Off comes the headset. He grabs a plastic fan and
NAILS TRIPLE H IN THE BACK. OH HELL, YEAH! Austin save Ross from certain
death, laying into Triple H, bouncing him around the ringside area. Back
in the ring Austin calls Ross in. J.R. obliges, getting in a punch to
Helmsley's gut as Austin holds him in place.
Out comes Chyna. Spear on Ross. Austin grabs Chyna by the hair, looks to
the crowd for approval, then decks her. Up the ramp she goes, joining
Triple H, who throws out a challenge to a tag team match between himself
& Chyna, and Austin & J.R. Austin accepts. Ross looks quite worried to
have been dragged into a World Wrestling Federation match. Jerry Lawler
has a good time during all this, wondering if Ross has lost his mind.
Someone has set up a dog pen backstage, filled with bulldogs who are
crapping all over the place. Whuh?
- Mankind has something to say to the Rock, whenever he shows up.
- "MR. ASS" BILLY GUNN (w/ Road Dogg) vs. CRASH HOLLY (w/ Hardcore Holly)
Total squash. Gunn with the FameAsser in under a minute.
Michael Cole gets comments from Mankind re: the Rock & Sock Connection.
- IVORY vs. MAE YOUNG
Ivory does a pre-match rant about how Young and the Fabulous Moolah have
her always looking over her shoulder. The match itself is a joke, with
Ivory being DQ'ed for a belt shot before Mae can even get her crown(?)
off. Moolah then comes out and tosses Ivory around.
Yet another look at Mankind. The Rock phones in from his limo, saying
he's nearly there.
- Terry Taylor asks the British Bulldog about the poop-filled dog pen.
It's not his.
- Michael Hayes conducts an interview (pretaped) with Stephanie and Shane
McMahon. Stephanie says she can't remember anything following her injury
at the hands of the British Bulldog. She has to write down things that
she did just to remember them. This show was supposed to be her wedding,
but right now she can't even remember anything about Andre "Test"
Martin. Shane says something about knowing "who's to blame" that makes
me think he's not talking about the Bulldog.
Mankind, still waiting for the Rock, is jumped by Val Venis.
Mark Henry and his sex therapist arrive. Don't ask.
- THE BROOD vs. EDGE/CHRISTIAN
Match #3 of the "Terri Invitational Tournament" ("T.I.T.") last Thursday
rocked. This one, the fourth match in the series, ends up in a double DQ
following one of those big pile-ups outside the ring (each man coming
off the top turnbuckle or over the ropes to the floor). They'll re-do
this match at SmackDown!, saving the inevitable tiebreaker for the PPV
this Sunday.
X-Pac and Kane are in the back. X-Pac pleads with Kane to stay out of
his business tonight, no matter what happens to him.
The Rock has arrived.
- Kevin Kelly completes the backstage interview trio, getting comments
from the Rock. The Rock could care less about Rock & Sock. He does the
bit where he forgets his catchphrase and does Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair and
Randy Savage's lines instead. Before he can wrap things up, though,
Vince McMahon tells him to give the Rock & Sock connection one more
night, as he has scheduled them to face Val Venis & the British
Bulldog.
- X-PAC vs. FAAROOQ (w/ Bradshaw)
Despite getting his grass smoked for the whole match, X-Pac manages an
upset win over Faarooq, pinning him following the X-Factor. Bradshaw
comes in for the obligatory post-match destruction. Kane, who watched
the match in the back, comes out for the save, waiting until they set
X-Pac up for something off the top turnbuckle before actually coming in.
Nonetheless, X-Pac is pissed that Kane had to help him.
- Ross leaves to get ready for his match. "Dead man walkin'!" quips
Lawler.
- You catch the bit on Sunday Night Heat where they revealed that Marianna
had been framing Chaz in her claims that he beat her? Thank god they
killed THAT angle off.
- Mark Henry is at his next sex therapy session. The first one, last week
on SmackDown!, revealed that Henry had first had sex with his sister
when he was eight years old, or something like that. Yoiks! I wonder if
this idea is a turd left over from Russo and Ferrara, or the first dud
of the WWF's new creative team? Tonight Henry will get overstimulated,
in an effort to curb his sexual desires. Yeah, that'll work.
- Michael Cole replaces Jim Ross.
WWF WAR ZONE Hosted By: Michael Cole and Jerry "The King" Lawler.
- CHRIS JERICHO/CURTIS HUGHES vs. THE HEAD BANGERS
The Bangers look good back together. Jericho and Hughes don't, as a
miscue leads to Hughes hitting Jericho, Jericho hitting back, and
leaving him to the mercy of the Head Bangers. The two combine for their
old powerbomb/legdrop combo and score the pin.
Backstage, the Big Show confides to D-Lo Brown that his father is dying
of cancer. This of course rubs me the wrong way, as you all might guess
(given the health of my own Dad). Kind of lame to just throw it out like
this. No build-up or nothing. With the Undertaker out of the picture, I
guess the WWF decided to turn the Show babyface.
- The Rock hands over the implements with which to scoop up the dog do.
I'm not sure I like where this is going.
- THE GODFATHER (w/ Ho's) vs. MARK HENRY
This is a "Lumberjack Match", featuring about twenty Ho's. THIS IS THE
GREATEST ...
Henry is mesmerized by all the Ho's, so the Godfather rolls him up for
the pin. Whatever this was, it didn't go quite the way Henry's sex
therapist planned.
Kevin Kelly gets comments from Triple H and Chyna.
- THE BIG BOSSMAN vs. THE BIG SHOW
The Bossman runs down the Show before the match, further establishing
that he's a babyface and that we should cheer for him. Thirty seconds
later the Bossman is DQ'ed for using his nightstick. Al Snow tries to
make the save, but gets beat down as well.
Damn, too much wrestling on Nitro, not enough on RAW.
Mankind has scooped up an entire tray of dog poo.
Austin and Ross discuss their upcoming match.
- TRIPLE H/CHYNA vs. "STONE COLD" STEVE AUSTIN/JIM ROSS
Ross comes out to the Oklahoma University fight song and, since he's all
alone, gets his clock cleaned by Triple H and Chyna. Austin is out, and
he and Triple H brawl away through the crowd. Chyna drags J.R. into the
ring. Chyna does the Pedigree, and is about to apply the Figure Four
when Jeff Jarrett runs in, nailing Chyna in the head with a toaster.
Miss Kitty rolls a laundry hamper to the ring and Chyna is
unceremoniously dumped in.
Austin and Triple H reappear from the bowels of the arena, winding up at
a concession stand. Austin dumps Triple H in a beer bin, says he has
someone he'd like him to meet, then walks off. Huh? Austin's music is
played, so I guess he and Ross won?
Jarrett shoves the hamper off a loading bay, much to the dismay of Miss
Kitty. Footage taken during the commercial break shows a bloody Chyna
being attended to by EMT's.
- THE ROCK & SOCK CONNECTION vs. THE BRITISH BULLDOG/VAL VENIS
The dog doo-covered tray is at ringside. The finish sees the Rock slide
the tray into the ring. He then gives the Bulldog the Rock Bottom onto
the tray. Make up your own joke here. If this isn't a jab at Bret Hart
and his Calgary Sun article, I don't know what is. The Rock declines to
drop the People's Elbow when the Bulldog rolls off the tray. No winner
called, though the Rock's music plays, so draw your own conclusions.
Austin is in the back when he's jumped by Triple H. Austin comes out on
top, and dumps Triple H into a darkened lockerroom. We hear a hissing
noise (and see a glass pane wiggle, with Triple H's arm reflected on the
surface). Through the open entryway we see a riled up rattlesnake.
He's as doomed as doomed can be, I must say!
- This Thursday: Nothing announced.
- Next week: Nothing announced.
Comments:
Warts and all, I got a kick out of this week's show. As noted above,
though, I'd like to have seen a bit more actual wrestling.
This leads us to "No Mercy", and boy, won't I be glad when this one is
over. Here's the card:
* Triple H vs. Steve Austin. WWF Championship Match.
* The Rock vs. the British Bulldog.
* Mankind vs. Val Venis.
* Jeff Jarrett vs. Chyna. "Good Housekeeping Match".
* Ivory vs. the Fabulous Moolah. WWF Women's Championship Match.
* Bradshaw vs. Faarooq vs. X-Pac vs. Kane. "Four Corners Match".
* The Brood vs. Edge & Christian.
I'd expect at least one more match to be added, possibly a Hardcore Title
match.
Not the best looking PPV, though not entirely terrible looking on paper.
I'll be skipping this one myself.
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The Bottom Line:
Meng, Berlyn, Brad Armstrong, Hammer, Brian Knobbs, Stevie Ray, Norman
Smiley ... where's all this talent WCW is supposed to have? Stack it up
next to the competition and I bet the WWF's talent roster is deeper right
now--at least in terms of wrestlers the fans care about. WCW just lets
their mid-carders put on better, longer matches, making their pool seem
deeper. Most of their top stars all suck. WCW has a core of young, talented
wrestlers, who right now are the only thing setting them apart from the
WWF. Benoit, Mysterio, Malenko, guys like that. The sad thing is you simply
cannot build a company around these guys. As talented as they are in the
ring, none of them have what it takes to be a main event attraction.
For the longest time I said all WCW needs is to involve them in angles, and
they will rise to the top. WCW proved me wrong. These guys are all wrapped
up in a storyline now and, sadly, it's boring as all hell. It doesn't seem
to be going anywhere, and none of them are interesting. I hope some day one
of more of them can prove me wrong, but right now I'm not the least been
interested in any of them from a character standpoint.
WCW takes a lot of the blame for that. Who in this group, I would ask, is
being "pushed" right now? All of them? None of them? At any given time you
can pick two (or four or six) and do a match, and anyone could win it. From
an abstract standpoint that sounds interesting. In reality, that's boring.
Why root for Malenko when five matches out of ten, he's going to lose?
Characterwise, he's dull. The same goes for Kidman. Mysterio, his great
athletic ability aside, still has problems looking credible in the ring
against larger opponents. Saturn seems out of place. The same for Konnan.
Douglas' ring abilities seem to be disintegrating before our eyes (as his
waistline expands). WCW's given these guys a storyline, but it's one so
basic and by-the-numbers that it's boring. Will the Revolution split up?
Who cares?! The end result will be more matches involving these same guys,
who we care little about, with each match looking roughly the same.
Take away characterization and story, and all you're left with is their
matches (which, to their credit, are usually quite good). It's just that
after a while every Kidman match looks the same. All the same moves, spots,
bumps, etc. While this is probably true for every wrestler, it's the
storyline and character which makes you overlook that. It's that subtle
distraction from the pure mechanics of the match which keep you interested.
Otherwise you're stuck rating the moves, noting which ones were blown, how
they looked compared to the last time they did them, etc.
I won't argue that there's a subset to the wrestling fan base that lives
for that stuff. All they care about is the wrestling. Call them the
"workrate freaks" if you like. What also can't be argued is that WCW
desperately wants to appeal to someone other than them. That, or somehow
turn all fans into "workrate freaks".
This is the dilemma which WCW faces. To what level of success should they
aspire to? Do they want the WWF type of success where they pull in tons of
fans with T&A, toilet humor and shock tactics? Should they just appeal to
the "workrate freaks"? Or is there some kind of medium ground they can
cling to? This week's ratings are out already as I write this, and it's
worth noting that head-to-head, RAW nearly TRIPLED Nitro's ratings. Look at
the ratings for all of WCW's shows and one will see that the company is
only a few tenths-of-a-point better than where they were back before the
whole "Monday Night Wars" thing began. In the face of SmackDown!, Thunder's
ratings have gone into the toilet. WCW Saturday Night is pulling its lowest
ratings in decades. Opposed or unopposed, WCW seems to only be able to draw
from a small core group of fans.
If you're one of those fans, you may be thinking "so what, I like what WCW
is doing and am glad they're appealing to me."
I can't really argue with that. I would merely counter by asking how much
money do you think Bret Hart makes? Hulk Hogan? Goldberg? Sting? This all
boils down to money, and right now WCW isn't doing nearly as well as they
were two years ago. We've already seen a couple dozen wrestlers cut from
the company. Eric Bischoff lost his job. Extras like music acts have been
cut. There'll be no Road Wild PPV in Sturgis next year because the company
can't afford to give up the live gate.
Thus far the cuts have been the obvious ones which most fans support. What
happens, though, if/when the company has to cut deeper, and some bean
counter somewhere decides a few of those talented mid-carders everyone
likes has to go next? Or suppose Goldberg's contract runs out and the
company decides they can't afford him?
WCW can't just shrug its shoulders and say "who needs success?" For this
company to achieve any level of profitability, it needs to aspire to a
certain level of success and then go for it. How high they want to go will
dictate, to use WWF terms, how much of the company is "wrestling", and how
much of it is "sports entertainment".
Given that WCW has hired Russo and Ferrara away from the WWF, one has to
believe they intend to give the WWF a run for its money.
I still don't know if that's a good thing or not.
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